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Mark Dryden

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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
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Tags: Amanda Palmer, Bill Nighy, Neil Gaiman, Statuesque

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Neil Gaiman’s Statuesque

If you can cast your mind back to Christmas Day, amongst the many offerings on the television that day was Neil Gaiman’s Statuesque. Written and directed by Gaiman the eight minute silent film stars Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer in what seems a venerable take of the legend of Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell in love with a statue craved from ivory.

I’m not too sure how long this may be up for, but regardless of the Gaiman pedigree, this is a wonderfully charming and affectionate short that definitely deserves a look-see. Enjoy!

Personally, I would rather have my Christmas Day filled with the above and similar, such as the charming ‘The Gruffalo’, than the dross that is generally trotted out…

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  January 8, 2010 at 00:00 | OneMetal Team Member
  William Ham says:

  That was quite cool.. for a moment I thought that that was Brian Molko lol
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  January 8, 2010 at 02:57 | OneMetal Team Member
  Stephanie Carmichael says:

  That was a neat little short! The music definitely made it work, though, I think.
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  January 10, 2010 at 20:45 | OneMetal Team Member
  David Cox says:

  That’s really quite affecting, I love the ambiance of Bill Nighy’s ordered home environment. I wonder if it was shot to the composed music?

  Thanks for this article Mark!